College of Behavioral & Community Sciences
Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice with Community Centered Models
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Faculty in the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences conduct research to improve the quality of life, health, and safety of diverse populations and to promote positive change in individuals, groups, communities, organizations and systems. The research goal of the college is to bridge the gap between science and practice with community-centered models. Thus, our research is often characterized by multidisciplinary approaches and active engagement with community partners.

  • The College is home to the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, a national leader in behavioral health research. The Institute conducts applied research to improve services and outcomes for individuals with mental, addictive, and developmental disorders.
  • Three BCS doctoral programs are ranked among the top 10 nationally for faculty scholarly productivity: Criminology, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Aging Studies.
  • The College has the largest amount of sponsored research funding of all USF Academic Affairs units.
  • The FMHI Research Library maintains a monographic and serial collection on behavioral health, health care reform, outcomes and accountability, behavioral health services research, and public health policy. The library services are available to all USF faculty and students as well as community members with an interest in behavioral health research.

New Grant Opportunities

BCS Internal Grants Program

Applications are now being accepted for the October 15, 2009 submission deadline of the BCS Internal Grants Program via online submission. This program provides seed money for faculty research that is likely to lead to future external funding. It is open to all BCS faculty with a rank of Assistant or higher who have a significant portion of their assignment related to research. Application forms and additional information, including application guidelines and copies of the slide presentations given at the recent Internal Grants workshop, are available at the Internal Grants website:  https://secureamh.fmhi.usf.edu/grants/index.php

Please direct questions to:
Dr. Pat Robinson
Dean’s Office
College of Behavioral & Community Sciences
University of South Florida
813-974-1913

USF Internal Awards for 2009–2010
Sponsored by the Office of Research & Innovation

  • All faculty employed by USF are invited to apply, especially the following groups: Early career faculty launching their research/scholarship, established researchers branching into new, unfunded lines of inquiry, newly established interdisciplinary faculty teams and Arts & Humanities faculty in fields with limited external funding opportunities. For guideline and applications, please visit: http://www.research.usf.edu/sr/internal_awards/
    Deadline: November 2, 2009

Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making

Lady Davis Fellowship Trust

  • We provide Fellowship support for full or associate professors to teach or conduct research for two to four months at the Hebrew University of Israel or three to nine months at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Visit http://ldft.huji.ac.il/upload/info/infoHUa.html
  • We provide Postdoctoral Fellowships of nine to twelve months are provided to postdoctoral candidates to conduct research either at the Hebrew University or the Technion, in Israel. Visit http://ldft.huji.ac.il/upload/info/infoHUa.html

Harvard University, Edmond J. Safra Graduate Fellowships

TED

  • TED has begun the search for the next class of TED Fellows! We are looking for 25 extraordinary individuals to join us in Long Beach as the TED2010 Fellows. Applicants can apply online at www.ted.com/fellows/apply through the 25th of September. To nominate an individual, please email his or her name and contact information and a short description of who they are to fellows@ted.com . For more information about the program keep reading or visit www.ted.com/fellows . The TED Fellows program is an international fellowship program designed to nurture great ideas and help them spread around the world. Benefits of the Fellowship include conference admission, round-trip transportation, housing and all meals. Fellows will also participate in a pre-conference with the opportunity to present a short talk for consideration for TED.com, elite skills-building courses taught by world experts, social opportunities and surprise extras. The program seeks remarkable thinkers and doers who have shown unusual accomplishment, exceptional courage, moral imagination and the potential to increase positive change in their respective fields.

Kellogg Health Scholars Program 2010-2012 Call for Applications

  • The Kellogg Health Scholars Program develops new leadership in the effort to reduce and eliminate health disparities and to secure equal access to the conditions and services essential for achieving healthy communities. Through this two-year post doctoral fellowship program, scholars gain: 
    • competence to undertake research adding to our knowledge about the nature of social disparities in health and about interventions to reduce those disparities,
    • capacity to partner with communities in carrying out research and building policy advocacy, and
    • skills to inform and support policy makers who seek to reduce and eliminate health disparities. 
    Sixteen individuals will be selected for the 2010-2012 fellowship cycle - eight in the Community Track and eight in the Multidisciplinary Track. Each fellowship will provide a stipend of $63,000 in the first year and $64,000 in the second year, and an annual research fund and other benefits.
    Visit: www.kellogghealthscholars.org 
    Deadline: December 2, 2009 

National Research Council (NRC)

  • NRC's Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships include predoctoral fellowships to members of minority groups whose underrepresentation in the professoriate has been severe and long-standing. Eligible to apply are citizens or nationals of the United States. The award provides an annual stipend of $20,000 and an institutional award to be accepted in lieu of tuition and fees of $2,000. Awards are made for three years. Visit http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047958
    Deadline: November 2, 2009
  • NRC's Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships include Postdoctoral Fellowships. The sponsor provides support for outstanding researchers and scholars who are members of minority groups whose underrepresentation in the professoriate and in formal programs of postdoctoral study and research in the United States has been long-standing.  Fellowships will be offered only to individuals who are citizens or nationals of the United States.  Fellowships may be held for either nine or twelve months and may not be deferred or delayed.  A $40,000 stipend is provided. Visit http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047960
    Deadline: November 9, 2009
  • NRC's Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships include Dissertation Fellowships. The sponsor provides support for dissertation completion fellowships to members of six minority groups whose underrepresentation in the professoriate has been severe and long-standing.  Eligibility to apply in the dissertation fellowship competition is limited to citizens or nationals of the United States. Awards provide a stipend of $21,000, and expenses paid to attend conferences. The tenure will be no less than nine months and no more than twelve months. Visit http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047959
    Deadline: November 9, 2009

National Science Foundation (NSF)

  • As part of its plan to distribute Recovery Act funding, NSF invites applications for the Science Masters Program. The program prepares graduate students for careers in business, industry, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies by providing them not only with a strong foundation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, but also with research experiences, internship experiences, and the skills to succeed in those careers. Up to 21 grants may be awarded, each offering up to $700,000. A total of $14.7 million is anticipated to be available for the program in FY10. Eligibility is restricted to U.S. academic institutions that grant the master's degree in one or more STEM disciplines. Required letters of intent are due Oct 5; full proposals are due Nov 20. More information regarding NSF09-607 is available at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09607/nsf09607.htm
    Deadline: November 20, 2009
  • NSF's CreativeIT Program solicits proposals for projects that explore synergistic cross disciplinary research in creativity and computer science and information technology. Information technology is playing an increasing role in extending the capability of human creative thinking and problem solving. The study of creativity and computing as a way to advance computer science and information technology, cognitive science, engineering, education, etc. Visit http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501096&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
    Deadline: October 13, 2009
  • NSF's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program. This solicitation features two mechanisms for support of student research. Visit http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
    Deadline: Visit link above
  • SF's Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offers Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Research Starter Grants in an effort to increase the diversity of researchers who participate in NSF programs in the social, behavioral and economic sciences and thereby increase the participation of scientists from underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the United States. Visit http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503424&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
    Deadline: October 19, 2009

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

  • The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute of Nursing Research invite R01 and R21 grant proposals for research on the roles of nutrition and physical activity in the development, prevention, and management of cardiovascular diseases or pulmonary diseases. Specifically sought are proposals aiming to: 1) improve knowledge of the contribution of diet and physical activity to these conditions and how sleep influences these relationships; 2) increase the evidence base for refining public health recommendations and clinical guidelines regarding these lifestyle behaviors; and 3) develop and test strategies to improve the adoption of these recommendations. Eligibility is unrestricted. Standard R01 and R21 submission dates apply. More information regarding R01 grants in available in PA-09-243 at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-243.html For 21 grants, see PA-09-244 at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-244.html
    Deadline: Visit: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm
  • The National Institute on Aging invites R01 research proposals for Healthy Aging through Behavioral Economic Analyses of Situations to target health behaviors associated with chronic health conditions of mid-life and older age. Up to 5 awards are anticipated from $3.75 million in total funding over a three-year period. Eligibility is unrestricted. Letters of intent are due Oct 2 with an application due date of Nov 2. More information regarding RFA-AG-10-008 is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-10-008.html
    Deadline: November 2, 2009
  • The NIH Roadmap Initiatives invites DP1 applications for the 2010 NIH Directors Pioneer Award Program to support scientists who are transforming approaches to addressing major biomedical or behavioral challenges. Up to 7 awards will be provided from $6 million in total funding for FY10. Eligibility is unrestricted domestically. Applications are due Oct 20. More information regarding RFA-RM-09-010 is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-09-010.html
    Deadline: October 20, 2009
  • The National Institutes of Health announces that the Small Business Innovation Research Program Contract Solicitation (PHS 2010-1) is now available. The goal is to support research and development of new or improved technologies and methodologies that have the potential to succeed as commercial products.  The offeror must be a U.S. small business concern. The contract proposal receipt date is Nov 9. More information regarding NOT-OD-09-137 is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-137.html
    Deadline: November 9, 2009
  • The National Institute of General Medical Sciences invites applications from institutions/organizations proposing exceptionally innovative research on novel hypotheses or difficult problems, solutions to which would have an extremely high impact on biomedical or biobehavioral research that is germane to the mission of one or more of the participating NIH Institutes. This FOA is for support of new projects, not continuation of projects that have already been initiated. It does not support pilot projects, i.e., projects of limited scope that are designed primarily to generate data that will enable the PI to seek other funding. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. Visit http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-10-009.html
    Deadline: November 24, 2009
  • As part of its plan to disburse Recovery Act funding, the National Institutes of Health invite RC4 grant proposals for a program entitled Building Sustainable Community-Linked Infrastructure to Enable Health Science Research. The program will support the development, expansion, or reconfiguration of infrastructures needed to facilitate collaboration between academic health centers and community-based organizations for health science research. Such collaboration should transform the way in which health science research is conducted in communities, and accelerate the pace, productivity, dissemination, and implementation of health research. Up to 30 grants may be made from total ARRA funding of $30 million. Eligibility is unrestricted domestically. Letters of intent are due Nov 12; applications are due Dec 11. More information regarding RFA-OD-09-010 is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-010.html
    Deadline: December 11, 2009
  • Several NIH institutes collectively invite U01 proposals for Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (EUREKA). The program will support new research on novel hypotheses or difficult problems, solutions to which would have an extremely high impact on biomedical or biobehavioral research that is germane to the mission of one or more of the participating NIH Institute. The number of awards and amount of funding available varies among the nine institutes participating in the announcement. Eligibility is open to foreign and domestic: institutions of higher education, for-profit businesses, and nonprofit organizations. Proposals are due Nov 24. More information regarding RFA-GM-10-009 is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-10-009.html
    Deadline: November 24, 2009

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

  • As part of its University Centers of Excellence program, DHS invites proposals for "Researching, Creating, Developing, Deploying and Evaluation Innovative Educational Tools, Approaches and Resources to Advance the Intellectual Basis for a National Homeland Security S&T Workforce." Multiple awards are anticipated. Eligibility is unrestricted. White paper proposals may be submitted at any time before Feb 28, 2010. More information regarding BAA09-07 is available at: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/OCPO/DHS-OCPO/BAA09-07/listing.html
    Deadline: February 28, 2010

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Please Note:

Since May 25, 2008, the NIH has a mandatory Public Access policy. If your project is funded in whole or in part by an NIH grant and you publish a peer-reviewed article, then you must publish it in PubMed Central, the National Library of Medicine’s open access repository.

- Most peer-reviewed journals have an open access policy to follow to place your NIH-funded article into open access.
 - It costs $3000 to pay to publish the article.
 - It is a permissible cost in your grant. If you are applying for an NIH grant, build the cost into your grant application.

After May 25, 2008, anyone submitting an application, proposal or progress report to the NIH must include the PMC or NIH Manuscript Submission reference number when citing applicable articles that arise from their NIH funded research.

If the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) is not available, because the paper has not been published yet, authors should use the NIH Manuscript Submission reference number (e.g., NIHMS97531). If the PMCID is not available because the Journal submits articles directly to PMC on behalf of their authors, applicants should indicate "PMC Journal - In Process."   

Grantees may only indicate “PMC Journal-In process” if the journal is on this list: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process_journals.htm, or the grantee or author has made arrangements with a publisher on this list http://publicaccess.nih.gov/select_deposit_publishers.htm  to post a paper directly to PMC. 

The PMCID is posted in PubMed as soon as an article has been successfully processed by PMC, which usually occurs around the time of publication. PMCIDs are listed in the lower right corner of the AbstractPlus view of PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/).  If the paper is not yet publicly available on PMC, PubMed will also list the date the paper will become available. NIH provides other methods of obtaining PMCIDs
(e.g. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/pmctopmid), as do several bibliography management software packages.

NIH expects citations in an application, proposal, or report to include the most up-to-date information concerning the status of compliance with the Public Access Policy. The NIH Manuscript Submission reference number or "PMC Journal - In Process" should not be used once the PMCID is available. It is the author’s responsibility to update his or her application, proposal, or report.

Previously submitted applications, proposals and reports (before mandatory open access) need not be updated when the PMCID becomes available. Annotations demonstrating compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy should be placed at the end of each applicable publication citation in every application, proposal, or report. The appropriate locations for literature citations vary depending on the application type. 

See existing application instructions at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-119.html.   
This policy includes applications submitted to the NIH for the May 25, 2008 due date and subsequent due dates: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-033.html. For more information contact the Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health at PublicAccess@nih.gov or http://publicaccess.nih.gov.

  • Recovery Act Limited Competition: Building Sustainable Community-Linked Infrastructure to Enable Health Science Research (RC4). This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is developed as part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The NIH has established a new program entitled Building Sustainable Community-Linked Infrastructure to Enable Health Science Research, hereafter called the “Community Infrastructure” grants program. This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, solicits applications from domestic (United States) institutions/organizations proposing to support the development, expansion, or reconfiguration of infrastructures needed to facilitate collaboration between academic health centers and community-based organizations for health science research. Such collaboration should transform the way in which health science research is conducted in communities, and accelerate the pace, productivity, dissemination, and implementation of health research; applications that build upon extant collaborative infrastructures supported by other Federal agencies are strongly encouraged. Visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-010.html
    Deadline: December 11, 2009
  • Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology

Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR

American Federation for Aging Research